箒星

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箒星

Compound of 箒 (hōki, “broom”, in reference to the sweeping tail) +‎ 星 (hoshi, “star”). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

箒(ほうき)星(ぼし) • (hōkiboshi) ^{←はうきぼし (faukibosi)^?}

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Compound of 箒 (hōchi, “broom”) +‎ 星 (fushi, “star”). Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はうちぶし.^[1]

箒(ほーち)星(ぶし) (hōchibushi) ^{←はうちぶし (fautibusi)^?}

^ 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/79